How To Install yosys-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yosys-dev on Kali Linux.

What is yosys-dev

yosys-dev is:

Yosys is a framework for Verilog RTL synthesis. It currently has extensive Verilog-2005 support and provides a basic set of synthesis algorithms for various application domains.

Yosys can be adapted to perform any synthesis job by combining the existing passes (algorithms) using synthesis scripts and adding additional passes as needed by extending the yosys C++ code base.

This package contains the headers and programs needed to build yosys plugins.

There are three methods to install yosys-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install yosys-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install yosys-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install yosys-dev

Install yosys-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install yosys-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install yosys-dev

Install yosys-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install yosys-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yosys-dev

How To Uninstall yosys-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the yosys-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yosys-dev

Uninstall yosys-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yosys-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yosys-dev

Remove yosys-dev Configurations and Data

To remove yosys-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yosys-dev

Remove yosys-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove yosys-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yosys-dev

Dependencies

yosys-dev have the following dependencies:

References

• yosys-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yosys-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.